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Jesus was physically present, but not for Thomas, though?

I think Joseph Cambell described that once. Music might add more too. . . The whole experience together

The Bible is kinda two dimensional . . . Letters and words I mean . . . Those symbols are two dimensional (to our eyes) A cathedral, with it's artwork and emense height, is three dimensional.

Hey Oldskool, If Jesus was dead for 3 days and 3 nights. . . Scripture still existed .. . Technically? . . .just sounds like a loophole in the red thread

. . .I'll teach you what I know. . And together we will grow. . . Clap your hands. . . Along The Way . . .

People are willingly following the reasoning of sexual predators? The Word taking the place of the Absent Christ is a switcharoo. VPW wanted attention deflected, to him. The Word represents an object. Christ represents a person. There are people in relationships who can't remember the other person when not physically present. Think about how baffling that could be. I know there's people not in the room with me now, I haven't forgotten, and I know haven't forgotten me. I have a picture on my desk, but won't forget them if the picture is not there. I'm just picturing VPW handing this "the word takes the place of the absent christ" idea over to his followers like he's handing out flowers, "Here, this will remind you of me when I'm at work", (in case you're tempted to think of someone else). (deadbeat dads are created by the stroke of a pen, not by character)

Thou wilt keep her perfectly fleeced, whose mind is Stayed on www.theway.org

Staying behind God's Hedgehog of Protection requires a Stayed Mind, A Mind Renewed to God's Word while your Steps are Ordered on the Straight and Narrow Path. Similar to how some may focus on the Tube.

Was absent father / absent parent a term back in VPW's day? Objects take the place of absent people, right? Just wondering if Captain Creepy repackaged a cultural idea.

I seem to remember TWI splitting the use of the term Lord between God and Jesus. In their minds these are completely separate beings, in a chain of command. (With your spirit subservient to your mind to your body etc) That’s easy to screw up because of the fine lines. If God and Jesus are one being then focusing on one Lord seems a simpler task. Just thinking.

The cats in boxes were often decorated out of respect for the presence, just incase. This is why in modern times presents are given around the winter solstice. Although some dispute this citing the cat-atonic behavior of the researchers.

If Jesus had a cat in a box it be both present and not present. This paradox is commonly known as Jesus's Cat.

Donut-Cruller Diet?

Teleological viewpoint? Teleological narrative? Perfectionist talk. Utopian thinking. IMO

Step 1. All the Xs are the same.

Sometimes it's good to look at matters from another person's perspective. Sometimes.

Wierwille died eons ago. What I witnessed from a short height was something else. (I occasionally attempt to engage with men 30-50 years my senior on this topic, not just in TWI. . . . It's a curiosity to me the world of difference)

The Law was distilled to two commandments. Easy peasy. If The Word is Christ, how can a book contain that? Think John mentions that. So where is The Word actually written? Maybe it was taken too literal. TWI put a huge emphasis on focusing on a book. I think that is the blinders.

Henry VIII, Defender of the Faith, broke from Rome. Over different interpretations of the Bible. About marriage. Interpretations of the Bible. . . . Or his wife was getting old and that wasn't good enough for a King. Interesting there isn't differing interpretations until there is first a NEED for different interpretations? Not saying it's all congruent in the first place, but it's initially not an issue, until it is. The Word takes the place of the Absent Christ because Victor Paul Wierwille takes place of God in the follower's mind. The Word is Jesus Christ. Christ is God. A book made by people or God is not God. If you'll accept The Word is the Bible, you'll eventually accept anything or anyone in place of God. God is omnipresent, Christ is God, therefore Christ is omnipresent. Christ ascended. He left. He's here and not here. Is that a contradiction, or basic human psychology? A person can be here and not here. God can be said to not be with a group and still he is omnipresent. Why was Christ sent here in the first place? If he's omnipresent and was there in the beginning how was he never here to begin with? For starters, this is God. Second, this was an act of love. The Bible even says that. God is love. God is in the midst. I think in there is the ideas for the foundations of the concept of the individual and why we have free speech. But that is politics. We don't discuss that.

Well I think some of the belly button stuff is about politics. You know the Roman Empire and thousands of years of history. There is always a reason behind the reason behind the reason . . . Pointing at a book and saying, "different interpretations, guess we have to fight now" . . .kinda suspect Also, if Satan knocks on the door, stack Bibles against it.

*burns drapes* VPW needed to make behaviors equivalent. Point to imperfections, invert the scenario, then exalt himself. Boom. New reality.

In The Way yeah I know they quoted Matthew and then anytime someone had a disagreement they held a Bible so they could better explain why YOU are the problem. Love ya, no condemnation, renew your mind. Barbaric. But why would that conclusion to behave that way outside TWI be drawn? Unless the mentally ill were running the show. It's a book. Not a person.

Dark times make good nursery rhymes

No but what's the Bible got to do with conflict resolution is a serious question